polishing their grim reality so that they might shine

as in the case of Tesuque Pueblo in 1922

Monique discovers that a portion of an ancient and deformed skeleton had also been stolen from the neglected museum archives

and otherwise nonconforming masculinities carry the traces of Two-Spirit histories and exceed the limitations of settler colonial imaginings of gender

Her new book

Little Shoes media polishing their grim reality soFrom the bestselling and Governor General's Award winning author of On the Trapline comes a beautifully told and comforting picture book about a boy's journey to overcome generational trauma of residential schools. Deep in the night, when James should be sleeping, he tosses and turns. He thinks about big questions, like why we don't feel dizzy when the Earth spins. He looks at the stars outside his bedroom and thinks about the Night Sky Stories his